No Kill Like Over Kill.

I stuffed 2 cans of FFF Goex down a particulairly annoying gopher hole and then dumped a half jerry can of gas in there as well and made a trail with the last bit of gas and lit it up. It was rather shocking. Good thing I did this as a kid and not in this day and age, I would probably be on the news. 30yrs ago.
 
Why not? said:
Some of us here can well-remember when the rifles were $19, and the soft-point hunting ammo was $4.40 a box. :)

Ted
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True enough. Prior to 'graduating' from my Simpon-Sears sporterized Lee-Enfield, CIL/Dominion factory ammo was costing me $3.50/box. $8.10/box for 308NM to feed my new Parker Hale was somewhat of a shock!!
 
Back in the day, I constructed a Goliath of a slingshot using 1/4 SS rod and 3/4 dowel. For added measure I used a double line of rubber band and used it exclusively for grouse during the moose hunt. Walking an abandoned logging road I was surprised by a spruce hen casually walking away from me, 10 yards away. The only projectile I could find was for all intents and purposes a "boulder" about half the size of a fist. I loaded, aimed and much to my surprise hit smack-dab between the shoulder blades. In all my years bird hunting, no other bird has had more of an immediate and conclusive demise...
 
Nuisance chipmunk in the strawberry patch, 58 cal hawken 120 grains of black with about 3 ounces of shoe nails.
And I can report a 500 sp from my .458 will cleanly take small game.
 
There is a lot of that on Youtube on those hunting channels. I think it is just to appease the sponsors sometimes. Hunting roe deer, Chinese water deer with a 308 or a 30 06 is a tad much.
 
I usually carry a lever gun with a light cast bullet in the chamber and some sort of jacketed expanding bullets in the magazine. Carrying my .44 mag I had two grouse come in out of nowhere, first one got the lead, the second one got a 180 gr JHP and became a 2 foot mass in the snow. Basically gutted the bird and left me with the boneless breasts attached to the neck and head with a few feathers over the meat. Not a bad result, but I won't try that again.

This season I was carrying my 1895CB in 45-70, I took a squirrel with a 340 gr cast bullet at about 1200 fps. He was sitting at the base of a 16 inch pine tree, I found him around the side and about 3 feet from where I shot him. Bullet exited the other side of the tree. Was all edible save one front leg. Fried all the squirrel parts in bacon grease.... YUM!!!
 
338WM 200 grain Nosler BT at about 3000fps Vs fox . Found a piece of hide. Not a proud hunting moment.

with the 94 Winchester I used to carry a few 30-30 loaded with 6gr of Bullseye and a round ball in my shirt pocket when deer hunting, they worked well for grouse and rabbit at close range.
 
Used to thin out the grey squirrels around the corn cribs when I was kid. Barn cats always knew when I had the 12 gauge and would follow me out. Snuck up on a squirrel and blew it away at about 6 feet. It was #9 shot but there was a small piece of fur left attached to a piece of tail and some pretty pizzed off cats.
 
Johnn Peterson said:
True enough. Prior to 'graduating' from my Simpon-Sears sporterized Lee-Enfield, CIL/Dominion factory ammo was costing me $3.50/box. $8.10/box for 308NM to feed my new Parker Hale was somewhat of a shock!!
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When i had my first 308 nm a husky, i was in a gun store .....20 virgin brass was $60, that was probably more than 20 yrs ago. Most factory was $20, premium $40. I remember 22lr for about $2.

Gas war when i was a teenager, 7cents/litre. I bought 4 barrels.

The only overkill i remember was a 12 ga slug on a blackbear cub, mother had been killed. For about 15 years i carried a 375rum 260partition, did not notice much of a difference. Dead is dead, most magnums are going to result in hydrostatic blood clots. The trick, as always is shot placement, judgement of not taking shots at poor angles.

It would be interesting to know the age of posters. Experience is a great teacher.
 
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